Knightley made her professional stage debut in a 2009 version of Moliere’s The Misanthrope
Keira Knightley is set to make her Broadway debut next year in a stage version of a famous French novel.
The British actress has been very busy of late with her promotions for THE IMITATION GAME alongside cast mate and friend, Benedict Cumberbatch and she also has US comedy SAY WHEN coming up, but this time next year, she will be part of something very different. The beautiful actress will play the title role in THERESE RAQUIN, based on Emile Zola‘s 1867 classic.
The play tells the tale of love, lust, betrayal, and guilt, which sees the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN star play the role of a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage who has an affair with one of her husband’s friends.
The 29-year-old is no stranger to the stage having previously trod the boards in London in 2009 in THE MISANTHROPE and THE CHILDREN’S HOUR.
Therese Raquin has been staged and filmed on various occasions and the new version is by British playwright Helen Edmundson, who previously adapted the Tolstoy novels ANNA KARENINA and WAR AND PEACE for the stage.
Therese Raquin begins previews on October 1st and has its opening night on October 29th at a Broadway theatre yet to be announced.
The Roundabout Theatre Company show opens in October 2015 in New York.
